Mobile AL

Australian-based Austal USA in Mobile Alabama builds Naval ships. USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. It is named after former United States Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot along with eighteen other people during the 2011 shooting in Tucson, Arizona. The ship's name was announced by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus on 10 February 2012.